Where does “ทำบุญ” come from?

ทำบุญ (Thai) comes from Thai บุญ, from Pali puñña, from Sanskrit पुण्य — the good or right, virtue, purity, good work,...

ทำบุญ (Thai): to perform meritorious deeds, such as giving alms and going to temples

Definitions

  1. to perform meritorious deeds, such as giving alms and going to temples

Ancestry of “ทำบุญ”, step by step

ทำบุญ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai บุญ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiบุญdelight; happiness; merit; favourable outcome of...
2Palipuññamerit
3Sanskritपुण्यthe good or right, virtue, purity, good work,...

via Thai ทำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทำto make; to do; to perform; to conduct; to carry...
2Thaiกระทำto do; to perform; to carry out
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